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Rudy Giuliani on health care

On providing coverage
Republican Rudy Giuliani said during a presidential debate in June 2007 that he would provide a $15,000 tax deduction per family so people could buy insurance. The former New York mayor also said there should be tax-free health savings accounts so people could pay medical bills. Giuliani said he is opposed to government-mandated health insurance.

On paying for his plan
Giuliani has not said how he would pay for the tax deductions or the health savings accounts.

On reducing health care costs
Giuliani blames some of the rising health care costs on Medicare fraud, frivolous lawsuits and over-testing by doctors trying to avoid malpractice lawsuits. He supports free-market solutions to reducing costs and improving quality, which he said during the June debate would bring down the costs of health insurance and prescription drugs.